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HTTP status codes are a core part of helping your browser understand what to do with a page. You’re probably familiar with 404 — page not found — but there are a plethora of others, like 302, which help tell your browser a page has moved.<p>The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has finally …

A photographer who works mostly in self-portraiture, Andrea Mary Marshall is a wizard with a self-timer. Like Cindy Sherman and Hannah Wilke, Marshall uses her body as a medium to explore female sexuality and its relationship to media. For her latest project, the New York-based photographer …

One of the big selling points of drones is that they can get to areas that aren't exactly safe or accessible by humans. That's why watching quadrocopters assembling a rope bridge that's sturdy enough for a person to walk across is so damned awesome -- it immediately calls to mind a real-world use …

We’ve seen Twitter freakouts before, but this is one for the books.<p>The creator of Minecraft, Markus Persson, took to Twitter early Saturday with all sorts of torments and searching questions about his current life, and his former life as the creator and owner of one of the most important games in …

Google today detailed a new improvement in Chrome that results in a faster browsing experience. Available now in the browser’s beta channel, Chrome reschedules JavaScript timers to create a smoother experience when you’re interacting with a webpage.<p>JavaScript timers let web developers write code …

I recently attended an event at which a celebrated public radio personality attempted to interview a celebrated artist. “Attempted,” because he clearly did not understand her work and the spirit from which it sprang. His attitude of not-getting-it wasn’t a storytelling device — the kind where an …

The Wi-Fi at my house is <i>almost</i> perfect, save for one frustrating flaw: the signal tanks down to nearly nothing about five feet from where I park.<p>The signal is strong enough that my phone stays connected, but <i>just</i> so weak that pulling anything up — like, say, directions to where I’m going – doesn’t …

I hate reading wine lists. Too many choices, too much pressure. I’d rather trust a good sommelier.<p>The trick, of course, is finding that good sommelier. On a recent night out at Fleurie, in Charlottesville, I found one in Erin Scala. I had brought a special bottle from my cellar, one with age, that …

For centuries, experts have predicted that machines would make workers obsolete. That moment may finally be arriving. Could that be a good thing?<p><b>1. Youngstown, U.S.A.</b><p>The end of work is still just a futuristic concept for most of the United States, but it is something like a moment in history for …

Inspired to make a meaningful donation, I wondered: What is the best charitable cause in the world, and was it crazy to think I could find it?<p>Last winter, William MacAskill and his wife Amanda moved into a Union Square apartment that I was sharing with several friends in New York. At first, I knew …

Millennials are rejecting home ownership across the land. Millennials aren’t buying crap anymore, destroying businesses that, well, sell crap. Millennials are changing the workplace to be, I kid you not, more friendly to “millennial values.” Millennials this, millennials that, and those are just …

Colorful pee is easy to see<p>From sophisticated imaging tools to cancer-sniffing dogs, researchers are constantly seeking better ways to detect disease, which could lead to earlier and more effective treatment. In recent years, genetically manipulated bacteria seemed like promising indicators, but …

<b>Sally Mann</b> has spent her career examining those things closest to her. Her subjects—captured in arrestingly candid, luminous black-and-white images—have included her own young children, facing down the slings and arrows of childhood in <i>Immediate Family</i> (1992); the beloved Shenandoah Valley …

Loop Commerce, a company that has developed an alternative checkout technology for e-commerce sites that allows customers to more easily buy gifts for friends without having to worry with product details like size or color – or even recipients’ shipping addresses – is today announcing an additional …